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kākele

/ kā.kele / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To rub with oil, to mix or stew with sauce or gravy.

  • Examples:
    • Lawe ipu kākele (For. 5:81), bearer of ointment calabash.
  • References:

2. vt., To cast with hook and line, as for ulua.

  • Examples:
    • Naʻu e kākele a mau ia pua (song), I will cast and get this flower.

3. vi., To slide, skid, glide, to go rambling at will and hence to do as one pleases.

  • Examples:
    • Kākele mai, come on; act now. Nāna i kākele ke kaona lā (song), she's the one to do the town.

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kākele

hehele ｜ intransitive verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hehele, Transform, i.e. sliding in plate tectonics, in geology.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • Palena kākele. Transform boundary.
  • References:

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kakele

/ KA-KE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., See kele. To slip; to slide, as on a muddy road.

2. To glide on the surface of the water; to sail about for pleasure.

3. To besmear, as the skin with oil.

4. To do that which will please one.

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kakele

kikino ｜ noun / KA-KE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A rubbing over the surface of the body; and anointing the skin of a person.

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kakele

kikino ｜ noun / kā'-kē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A rubbing over the surface of the body; an anointing of the skin of a person.

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kakele

/ kā'-kē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To slip; to slide, as on a muddy road.

2. v., To glide on the surface of the water; to sail about for pleasure. See kele.

3. v., To besmear, as the skin with oil.

4. v., To do that which will please one.

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kākele

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To cast with hook and line, as for ulua.

kākele

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To besmear the skin, as with oil; to anoint.

kakele

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to slip, slide.

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